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Spring 2008

Sports Psychology

Faculty

Description

The field of sports psychology examines psychological variables that impact athletic participation and behavior. This course introduces students to theories and research across diverse areas of psychology, including social, cognitive, developmental, and clinical. Topics will include the role of goals and equity in providing motivation, strategies for successful performance, the use of imagery, attributions for successful versus unsuccessful performance, the predictors of aggression, the causes of the "homefield choke," effective approaches to coaching, the "hot-hand effect," the role of personality, the predictors of injury, and the impact of gender on athletics. This course will involve intensive participation in class discussion and many written assignments. Requisite: Psychology 11. Limited to 15 students. Second semester. Professor Sanderson.